From: pandeng@telepath.com (Steve Schafer (TeamB))
Subject: Re: When do the pointers returned by TBitmap.ScanLine alter?
Date: 11 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999 09:50:44 +1000, "Paul Nicholls"
<pauln@protel.com.au> wrote:

>Hi all, I was wondering, if I wanted to store the pointers to some ScanLines
>from a bitmap into some variables, when would I have to update these
>variables to have the pointers be valid again?

I don't think it's ever really safe to keep a copy of a ScanLine
pointer. Even if it were safe to do so under some circumstances in one
version of Delphi, it might not be safe under those same circumstances
in the next.

Obtain a ScanLine pointer, use it immediately, and then throw it away.

-Steve